title: Convergent validity of three posttraumatic symptoms inventories among adult sexual abuse survivors.
abstract: We examined the convergent validity of three posttraumatic symptoms inventories, the civilian version of the Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related PTSD (CM-PTSD), the Trauma Symptom Checklist-40 (TSC-40), and the Response to Childhood Incest Questionnaire (RCIQ), in a sample of 52 adult sexual abuse survivors. The significant and moderate to strong correlations (r = .6 or higher) among these inventories supported their convergent validity. Comparison with other studies also suggests that these instruments can adequately discriminate clinical from nonclinical populations.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Services, Key Program, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cardeña
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology